[MeadowCat]

Someone I know trained a bow and would ask her dog, "Who's your queen, baby?" and the dog would bow. I thought it was super cute. The cue ended up being "queen, baby."

 

[MeadowCat]

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I just blogged about shaping "go to your bed" last week!

It's a lot of fun, and a great way to teach cues.

I LOVED the book, "The Thinking Dog: Crossover to Clicker Training!" My CU trainer suggested it when we first started using CU, as we had never clicker trained. Shanoa is still not very good at shaping, though. We work on it, and she does okay, but I really wish I had done shaping with her from the beginning.

 

[MeadowCat]

It's one of the best books I've read. It's especially great for people who haven't used clicker training before and have previously used other methods with their dog. With Shanoa, we had trained with a lot of lure/reward and some corrections before we started CU and that book really helped me get a grasp on changing methods.